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Mark Pocan: “When we provide tax cuts like Donald Trump did, that's a tax…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 59 with Savannah Wooten

Published | Video Starts at 12:20

We could radically change this country if we were not so headed to our war spending. Well, and I think people have to look at that. The other thing I think people forget is When we provide tax cuts like Donald Trump did, that's a tax expenditure. right. That's just like spending money on healthcare or housing, but we're giving it to rich people in a form of a tax break. But in the terms of this, it's just money that often. (12:20–12:25)

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Asserts that tax cuts are equivalent to government spending in terms of fiscal impact.

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